Collapsible stove.



a. w. Manon.

COLLAPSIBLE STOVE; APIUCATiOIl FILED I; 2. "I1.

1,247,806. Patenfiad Nov; 27; 1911'.

2 suns-suit I.

G. W. FERDON.

* coLLAPsmLE STOVE.

-APPLICA T ION ElLED MAR-24.19M-

v Patented N6v. 27, 1917 2 -$HEETS-SHEET 2- 1 GUY W. FERDON, OF CHE-SKILL, NEW JERSEY.

5" COLLAPSIBLE s'rovn.

Application filed March 24, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it liilifiWll that l, GnY'VV. Fnnnon, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Creslcill, county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same My invention relates to collapsible stoves or heaters, and particularly relates to a device ada iitcd to be used for cooking with alcohol lamps, wl'iether the lamps be those which use solid or liquid alcohol; though the device not restricted to the use of this particular fuel, but burners or lamps supplied with other solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel may be employed in connection with my device.

My invention particularly relates to a folding stove ot' the kind that can be folded into a srnz'ill package al'idcarried about in an automobile lit, by hand, or as an article of luggage, which may be instantly set up and used for picnic or other cooking.

My device relates.particularly to a fold big screen or heat deflector which is adaptable for use in connection with the stoveshown in my l ttllfllli No. 1,199,2fi7, dated September 26, 191.6, tl'iough in the present invention it is shown and claimed as part of a stove combination wherein the stove shown is somewhat different from that of the patent aforesaid.-

In the drawings:

Figure l. is a perspective view of a stove showing my device;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my screen with the wings attached thereto;

Fig. 3 is a View showing a somewhat modified form;

Fig. 4: is a view" showinglny screen or shield in another position, where it may be used as a bench or support;

Fig. 5 shows the screen in position over a stove;

Fig. 6- shox'vs rear ofastove; I

Fig. 7 shows the screen in another shape, used as a heatingadjunct to the folding stove; and

is a view of my stove and shield the in position in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

Serial No. 157,116.

In the drawings, 1 represents a stow! of the same general type as that of my patent, provided with my wind shield 2 having wings 3 hinged thereto at l, and adapted to be extended forward therefrom or to be folded back flat against the shield 2. In the upper part of" this shield I may provide a flange 5 adapted to it over and hang or be hinged upon the strengthening rod or Wire (3 of the hot plate of my stove, and thereby hold the screen or wind shield in position. In the said top plate I show openings 7 provided with grates 8. Each of these grates may be covered with the plate 9' so as to shut in and conserve the heat of the alcohol lamps 10, shown in outline below. These plates may cover the openings after the grates are removed, if desired, and the said openings may be covered in other we s, as by a cooking utensil, or the wind shield 1 may be laid'upon said openings, orinay be supported above the openings by the side wings, as shown inl ig. 5, and thus used for. cooking purposes; or it may be supported in the rear, as shown in Fig. 6, Where it may be used as a heating shelf, or, as shown in Fig. 7, it may be used as an additional heat ing space in which wood or fuel may be burned for broiling steaks, warming pur poses, etc. It will be observed that the proportions of the ends of the stove and of the back and wings are such to make this feasible.

When the wings are opened, as shown to the right in Fig. 1, these wings act as heat radiators or deflectors, and a stove with the shield thus arranged becomes a valuable heat accessory to comfort, when used, say, in a tent in .cold weather. The grates, as shown, are arranged of twoipieces of suitable metal, edge up, and fixed rigidly at the center. The outer ends of each of these pieces is turned flatwise, as shown, and the gr'ateas a whole may be slipped into placc'in the flexg ible hot plate by slipping one end of one of the bars under said hot plate, as indicated at 11, bending-the other end at 12 down:

Ward, thereby flexing the thrusting.- sa'id end undcr opposite the end 11. While this hot .plate, and

opcnin i g flexes the hot plate, the latter, being made of iron sulficiently flexible for the purpose, servesto hold these grates in posit on with remarkable rigidity and security, so that very heavy vessels may be placed upon them,

the part ofthe I or they may be subjected to ,a very hot 'fire without any loss of rigidity of sup ort.

form an ed or bead, as indicated at 13.

., The inner e 'ge of this bead may be lifted, as

indicated at 14, and a hook or piece, as 15,

may be provided to extend from such bead or lifted plates, back to engage a suitable part of the upper edge of the main plate of the inner shield. This may be above or below. I may also provide a small opening, as indicated at 16, in'each wing, whereby this shield may be supported asa swinging shelf, say, from trees or other support, or in-a tent to serve as a 'shelf to hold provisions safe from the attacks of rodents or other vermin.

if desired, thus securing the wings against outward movement when used as a shield or when used as a wood stove.

Itis possible 'to use my shield inconnection with the stove in case of exposure to a strong draft, by inverting. the stove and inverting the supporting shelf,-the fuel, or

fuel cans or lamps, are thenplaced upon the inverted grates at the bottom and the supporting shelf may itself become a pan. or rack for toasting or cooking.

I show, in F i 3, a modification in which the'rear part of the shield 3 is shown permanently hinged to the flexible hot plate. The forward extending wings are provided with brackets or supports 17 which are permanently hinged at 18 to said wings, and which may be swung up to engage clips 19 on the upper shelf or hot plate. I rivet or otherwise secure toeach of said Wings a strap. 20, and I provide a shelf 21 somewhat narrower than the hot plate, so that the air may circulate and with ends turned down to engage said strap from above, thereby holding the sides rigidly together, while at the same time affording a suitable place for the support of a lamp. The edges of the shelf.

mag be upturned to form of the shelf a pan, an for stiffening purposes.

It may be observed that while, as has been indicated above, my device is particularly intended for the use of alcohol lamps, particularly solid-alcohol lamps, it may serve with other fuel, as it is possible to burn a newspaper on said shelf 21 gradually, and

by the heat thereof to boil coffee or fry eggs in a pan over the grate openings. It is also possible to remove, in some instances, these shelves and create a fire by means of comparatively small twigs, pieces of wood, pieces of charcoal, etc; and this fire may endure as long as desired. When arranged as shown in Fig. 7, the inclosure may be filled with larger pieces of wood, and the whole arranged as a camp fire. Steaks or chops or fish may be broiled over such a fire after it has burnedto embers.

It'may be observed that I have provided a device which serves to conserve the heat of my stove, and produc es at the back, at least,

and sides, upward deflection of all the heat units of the stove. It also serves as a flame protection, preventing the flame from being acted upon by drafts and .spreading to inflammable articles near by. It serves also as a radiator, particularly when arranged.

attached permanently as a part of the stove, as in Fig. 3. The holes 16 may be used to connect the wings 3 with the legs or shelf of the stove;

The slidingly removable grate is a very convenient adjunct, asthis grate maybe removed whcn it is desired to bring cooking vessels closer to the fire; and when retained, affords opportunity of egress of flame between it and the stove, since thegrate when used, raises the vessel placed thereon a fraction of an inch above the hot pl to.

WVhen using the stove with wood or other i fuel without the grates, the cooking vessel is usually brought right down on top of the stove, thus closing entirely the apertures from which the grates are removed and making a cooking stove of it similar to the usual coal or wood burning stove. This makes a hotter fire. When the stove is used with the fuel shelf and alcohol or similar fuel, a certain amount of air is needed between the vessel'and the burner,- if this is not supplied, imperfect combustion ensues,

with the corresponding formation of carbon monoxid, which may be dangerous in a closed room. The essential parts of the swinging supports 17,, are thcpcrpcndicular parts which are in effect pintles of hinges and the horizontal parts which engage the clips 19 are, in effect, latches. The diagonals are simply struts or braces and are obviously not always necessary. When these latches or supports are snapped into the clips 19, the structure is rigid, well braced, and secure. WVhen they are swung out of the clips they are turned in toward or past the shelf and the top thus released may be turncd ip and back.

The shield may be used, when over. the stove, for toasting bread, broiling fish, or even baking. When folded up it may be us d to set the stove upon, thereby shielding the table or other support on which the stove may be used, from the effects of heat.

It will be noted that my grates, as arranged in the manner shown, provide for expansion and contraction without warping.

I may provide other means to attach my shield to the stove, and it will be obvious that various modifieations'might be made in the herein described stove and in the construction combination and arrangement of adapted when the stove is collapsed, to fold together with the stove.

removed from the heating 2. In zit-collapsible stove wider than high and in combination therewith, a heating plate, a heat deflecting plate having detachable connections with said heating plate and adapted to close the back of the stove, and wings secured to said deflecting plate adapted to, the ends of the stove whereby it may be supported above the stove flatwlse when ate, or may be sup )orted vertically removedlfrom the stove, to orm an additional heating space.

, 3. In a collapsible stove and in combination therewith, a hot plate having openlngs therein, grates adapted to be fixed in said openings, a rear plate hinged to said top plate, side, plates hinged to said rear plate,

a shelf whereby fuel may be supported in proper relation to said hot plate openings, folding supporting means for said top plate, and means, whereby said shelf may be connectedto said supporting means, to hold the latter rigid.

4. In a collapsible stove, and in combination therewith, a hot plate, collapsible means for supporting it, a rear plate hinged to said hot plate, end plates or wings hinged to said rear plate, said rear plate and wings being detachable as. a whole from the said hot plate, and being of such dimensions as to adapt them to various positions with relation to the stove when detached so as to form a shelf over or in rear bf the stove for warming purposes.

5. A stove, a hot plate therefor, a folding wind shield in combination with saidstove,

" said shield consisting of a back and wings,

and a stove .shelf for said stove said wings provided with means wherebythe wings may be supported against the shelf and plate or to form supports for sai the latter is placedaway from or over the ,ing the shelf.

6. In acombination stove and wind shield, I

a hot plate, legs hinged to the 'under side of said plate and adapted to be folded against said plate, means for keeping said 1 legs in open position said means adapted to fold against said legs, meanswhen the de vice is in use for supporting; the heating device in proper "rolatlon to said hot plate, and means whereby the wind shield may be hinged to the stove and held against the hot plate, to shield the'burners, when the stove is in operation. I a i s p 7. In a combination stove and wind shield, a hot-plate, legs hinged thereto, means for keeping said legs extended, a heatingshelf below the hot plate, a winged wind shield hinged upon the hot plate and means-whereby the Wings may be secured to the shelf and thus to each other. I

8. In a collapsible stove, ahot plate, a Wind screen adapted to be connected to said hot plate, means for supportingsaid hot plate, a stove shelf for said stove detachably connectible to said supportingmeans, and wings attached to said screen, said win s adapted to extend forward screen, when stove. p a p 9. A collapsible stove, having a hot plate at the top thereof, a flan ed stove support; a

iug shelf adapted to be etachabl d in proper relation to said plate an a windshield for said stove extending the height of the stove and attachable to saidlstove, the,

stove being invertibleso that heating agents may rest upon the hot plate, while objects to be heated are supported on the shelf, the wind shield bein adapted to beattached to and to inclose t e stove'when in this osition to protect the fire from strong draft.

10. In a portable stove, a hot plate, supports hinged to op osite edges of said hot plate, a lamp shelf narrower than the hot ast the she f plate arranged below the hot plate, means,

whereby said lamp shelf and supports may be connected so as to hold each other ri 'd and a wind shield for said stove arran e to be supported by said hot plate an connected to said sup orts.

In testimony w ereof, I aflix my signature.

GUY W. FERDQN. 

